Gazette editor rails against Kraschel in decency plea
Verne Marshall of The Gazette denounces Governor Kraschel for refusing to extradite Christ Merkuri on a Texas arson indictment. He warns against political termites from within and urges vigilant, honest government, reflecting on Gillette’s 1940 campaign warning and Kraschel appointees.
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Nels Kraschel
Christ Merkuri
Texas
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Marshall
Kraschel
Robert E. O'Brian
G W. Kirtley
Harlan
Gazette
the Gazette
Democratic Party
Dayton School Shutdown Ban By Court
Common Pleas Judge Hodapp issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Dayton board of education from closing the city schools for 34,000 students. The district must reopen Monday pending a hearing on a permanent injunction to prevent a shutdown amid a $61,000 deficit and funding concerns.
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Dayton
Common Pleas
Null M. Hodapp
Report Race Bookie at Solon Quits Betting
Rumors and a Cedar Rapids Gazette report prompt claims that Mike Mannsys race bookmaking shop in Solon has ceased operations though the phone line remains answered. A spokesman says no bets are being taken now and likely for some time. Some Solon retailers reportedly avoid Cedar Rapids distributors after the expose linking Mike’s place and Monk Meyer's beer saloon.
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Solon
Cedar Rapids
Mike Mann
Mike
Sixteenth Street
Monk Meyeer
ACT FOR EPISCOPAL PRESBYTERIAN UNION
Leaders of the Protestant Episcopal and Presbyterian churches pledged to seek a union in 1940. Commissions adopted a unification platform to go to the Presbyterian General Assembly in Cleveland next May and the Episcopal convention in Kansas City in 1940. If approved, congregations would merge where both denominations exist.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal
Presbyterian
Presbyterian General Assembly
Cleveland
Episcopal Church Convention
Kansas City
Church of England
Episcopal
Church of Scotland
Want Ad Rates and Ordering Deadline
You have until that time to order your Want Ads for the Sunday section. Dial 2-1121 to phone your ad or call at The Gazette office. Save 25 percent to 40 percent per day by taking advantage of the special low three and seven day rates.
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Gazette Office
Dempsey threatens resignation over Dies committee tactics
Rep John J Dempsey of New Mexico warns he will quit the Dies committee if its hearings continue political character assassinations He urges adjournment until after the November elections Dempsey accuses the panel of press driven ruinous attacks on American citizens and vows to resign if the policy persists.
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Lordsburg
N. M
Dies
John J. Dempsey
Martin Dies
Dempsey
House
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Texan
CST
Mutual System
House Committee
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Congressional Investigation
Committee
White House
Railway Carmen Mark 50th Anniversary Dinner in Cedar Rapids
Members of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America from Iowa Illinois Minnesota Missouri and Nebraska gather in Cedar Rapids for the fiftieth anniversary dinner at the Roosevelt hotel. About 300 attendees expected with eight delegates from Canadian lodges. General President Felix H Knight will speak along with W J Adams and Mrs Hattie McDonald.
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Cedar Rapids
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
Loyal Star
Brotherhood
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Roosevelt Hotel
Felix H. Knight
Kansas City
W. J. Adams
Carmen’s Journal
Hattie McDonald
Atlanta
Menuhin Will Play Regardless Of Guild Membership
The American Guild of Musical Artists waived a contract stipulation, allowing Yehudi Menuhin to perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic next week despite not being a Guild member. Tibbett, Guild president, defended nonmember artists as the dispute ends with Menuhin’s appearance.
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Los Gatos
Calif
American Guild of Musical Artists
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Lawrence Tibbett
Menuhin
Tibbett
Chicago
Los Angeles Orchestra
Four Rock Island Men Dismissed After Washburn Wreck
Cedar Rapids railway workers including conductor J S Arendts and three crew members were fired after a Washburn Iowa wreck on October 15 that injured three and caused 30000 dollars in damage. They plan to appeal for reinstatement citing violation of flagging rule 99.
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Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Lines
Washburn
J S. Arendts
Mr. Arendts
K. C. Rollins
R. E. Stahl
J. Rose
G O P Radio Speakers List For Nationwide Night Program
A New York relief worker an Omaha grocer and a San Francisco college student will be among eight speakers for a Republican party radio program. The NBC network will air the hour from New York at 7 30 p m CST with about two minute talks from each speaker including Marilyn Miller Albert Claessen Harmon McBride J Elmer Magee and Mrs Arnold Sayer.
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Washington
New York
Omaha
San Francisco
Republican Party
G. O. P. National Committee
NBC
Thomas Twohig
Marilyn Miller
University of Colorado
Denver
Albert Claessen
Chicago
Harmon McBride
Cleveland
J. Elmer Magee
Pittsburgh
Arnold Sayer
Nazis May Get Own Medicine From Warsaw
Berlin reports a suspension of the deportation of Jews from Germany into Poland as Warsaw negotiates over passport laws. Poles in Germany face expulsion risk while Germany threatens to deport Germans. refugees, consulates, and students report widespread fear and displacements amid these diplomatic moves and public panic.
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Warsaw
Dicker
Poland
Bulletin
Berlin
Germany
Reich
United Press
Foreign Office
Austria
Vienna
University of Vienna
London
Daily Mirror
Adolf Hitler
Voters Rush To Register Before 9 Tonight
Voters swarmed City Clerk L. J. Storey's office on Saturday, the last day to register. The third floor City Hall will stay open until 9 p.m. after which no registrations will be accepted until after the general election on Nov 8. Despite the rush, registrations and address changes looked unlikely to meet normal levels.
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Cedar Rapids
L. J. Storey
Dresden man executed for espionage for Czechoslovakia
Hugo Zappe, 34, of Dresden, was executed Saturday for espionage on behalf of Czechoslovakia, according to a Berlin report.
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Berlin
Hugo Zappe
Dresden
Czechoslovakia
Radical Socialist Party Backed Move Ties France To Fascist Axis
In Marseille the Radical Socialist congress endorsed Daladier’s policy aligning with Germany and Italy and abandoning the leftist Popular Front after resolving to maintain cooperation with Britain. Bonnet defended the shift while Herriot warned the league’s collapse and urged maintaining the France Russia treaty.
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Bulletin— Marseille
INS
Radical Socialist Party
Popular Front
Communist Party
Marseille
France
Edouard Daladier
League of Nations
Germany
Italy
Daladier
Britain
Georges Bonnet
Edouard Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
Russia
Bonnet
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Geneva
Bertia
Herriot
League
Weatherman Favors Coe's Homecomers
The weatherman favored Coe college homecomers with continued pleasant weather in Cedar Rapids Saturday. The mercury rose from a low of 43 to 61 by mid afternoon, with Friday’s high of 69 and evening readings near 56, followed by 47 at midnight on the Chambers Inskeep company graph.
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Cedar Rapids
Weatherman
Coe College
Mercury
Chambers
Czechs Urge 24 Hour Border Arbitration
Prague reports Czechoslovakia urged Germany and Italy to begin arbitration of the Czech Hungarian border dispute within 24 hours. Observers say the demand reflects fear Hungary could send troops across the frontier.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Italy
Justice Dept Opens Probe Into U S Gambling Industry
The Justice Department began a nationwide inquiry into gambling practices to determine federal law violations. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings notified Senator Joseph F. Guffey, who had urged the probe, amid allegations of racketeering and corruption tied to racetrack information controlled by Moe Annenberg. Guffey also faced a civil libel suit from Annenberg over a radio speech critical of the publisher.
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Washington
Justice Department
Homer S Cummings
Joseph F Guffey
Guffey
Department
Pennsylvania
Moe Annenberg
Annenberg
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Cummings
Rail earnings rise but wages lag in railroad reforms
J A Phillips of the Order of Railway Conductors says carloadings and earnings increased since wage cuts were first asked last March. He notes wages remain well below parity with key industries and highlights that 50 percent earn under 1000 a year while 75 percent under 1800, with only 10 percent at 2400.
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Cedar Rapids
J A Phillips
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Phillips
Washington
Romania Proclaims Totalitarian State Under King Carol II
In Bucharest the government led by King Carol II renounced liberal rule and established a one party system and corporate administration, aligning Romania with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy. Justice Minister Victor Iamandi announced the step, as Carol plans a London visit next month for several weeks.
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Bucharest
Carol
Victor Iamandi
Roumania
Nazi Germany
Italy
Iamandi
London
American Property Rights Get Kicked In Mexico
Arthur Bugs Baer notes that U S property rights face trouble abroad in Mexico and China. He portrays harsh treatment as a barroom punch and suggests protests exist but no war will follow, calling it a tempest in a file index.
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Mexico
China
Rail wage board rejects 15 percent cut demand
President Roosevelt's emergency fact finding board unanimously rejected the railways wage cut demanded by management affecting 960000 workers. The board urged withdrawal of notices and found wages not high, the move would miss the industry’s financial timing, and expected improved business yet. The White House said Roosevelt would meet leaders Monday to discuss relief.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Mr Roosevelt
John J Pelley
Association of American Railroads
George M Harrison
The
Railway Labor Executives Association
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Harry A. Millis
Chicago University
Brotherhood
American Embassy Protests Jap Raid Killing Iowa Child
The U S embassy protested to Japan after a bombing of an American Lutheran mission. Phoebe Nyhus a three year old daughter of Arthur Nyhus of Fertile Iowa was killed, her mother and sister Ruth eight injured. The raid occurred October 24 and the mission flew the American flag.
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Peiping
United States
Japan
Phoebe Nyhus
Arthur Nyhus
Lusheran Brethren
Fertile
Ruth
Ang
Hoge’olitics
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